When News Organizations Say “No Comment”
While comments have become an all-too frequent swamp of racism, misogyny and general weirdness, dispensing with them may not be in the best interests of news organizations.
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Welcome to Canada: Abdirahman Abdi & the selective silence of Canadian leadership
By Jared A. Walker Just a few moments ago I watched the Mothers of the Movement give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. To say they were compelling would be a gross understatement. These tremendous women inspired millions worldwide with their grace and resilience in the face of unfathomable suffering and monstrous injustice. They are superheroes. As…
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We need to talk about The Walrus in the room
By Romayne Smith Fullerton, Ethics Editor Some journalists make fun of academics. You know: those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach and research. But we also have another function: we watch the watchdogs and critique the critics. And lately, I have been watching The Walrus, a publication that claims to be a general…
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Coming to a Canada near you: BBC, NYTimes & more…
By Phillip Smith It’s a question that many people working in Canada’s media ecosystem must be asking this month: Are foreign publishers simply naive? How can they see an opportunity in a country where the entire news sector appears to be downsizing rapidly? Or is the very opportunity they see to step in just as the existing institutions collapse — potentially…
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What comes next for the Canadian Association of Journalists?
At #CAJ16, conference attendees will help guide the course of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
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The good and bad of mobile, social and vertical news
Looking forward to the future of news, Kate Tenenhouse finds it is mobile, social…and vertical.
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A time to embrace uncertainty
Ivor Shapiro’s closing remarks at the Journalism Transformations colloquium at Ryerson University on April 28, 2016.
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Ship of state now sails with no rudder
Print journalists watch as the last flickering embers of what was a tremendous blaze that warmed an entire civilization begin to go out.
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Saying good-bye to the Guelph Mercury
Former staffer Stephanie MacLellan recalls her time at a paper that fostered young talent.
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Links between freelancing and gender inequality highlighted by Chronicle Herald labour dispute
Women get a raw deal out of proposed Chronicle Herald collective agreement